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Ask Dr. Christensen
In this monthly feature, Dr. Gordon Christensen addresses the most frequently asked questions from Dental Economics® readers.
Common Sense Dentistry
I had the opportunity to speak at my own state's meeting, the Ohio Dental Association meeting, this past September.
Financial Planning
The good news is that the current financial crisis should have little long–term effect on your financial investments.
Flourishing in Changing Times
Successful businesspeople have plans, dreams, and direction to create the reults they want.
The Internet
I am exhausted! Our country's economic health is having some serious issues.
Pearls for your Practice
Flor–Opal® Varnish White from Ultradent Products, Inc. — With an innovative use of syringes, Ultradent has done it again, producing an easy, fast, effective...
Practice Success
Has your practice slowed down recently? Or maybe your office is in that exciting phase where you're on fire and growing faster than you can manage.
Practice Transitions
One of the hardest decisions for dentists to make is when to sell their practices.
Tax Q&A
As the year draws to a close, smart investors will be looking for opportunities to make their money work harder for them.
Features
Focus on...
We have incorporated a diode soft–tissue laser into our practice for the past eight years.
The removable implant overdenture has become a well–established option, if not the most preferred, for the edentulous patient.
In June, I had the privilege to spend time with AACD Founding Father Dr. Jack Kammer in my office in Madison, Wisc.
With the current strong levels of interest by patients in reducing the aging–related yellow shades within their teeth by bleaching, it is surprising that greater attention has not been directed to other means of reducing yellowness.
Dec. 31, 2008, is right around the corner.
It took an hour staring at a blank computer screen for me to write the title to this article.
Donald Trump understood one thing that has the power to immediately transform your life and practice:
Ask parents the one thing they would appreciate that their child's dentist do when restoring their child's teeth and most would answer, "Give shots that don't hurt.
The philosophy for Dr. Christopher H. Hughes is to diagnose and do more procedures on patients at one time for better efficiency and profits.
After four of the most personally demanding, academically grueling, and physically trying years of her life, a young dental school graduate emerges into the world �?� the real world.
Here are three smart moves you need to make now
Talk of technology is nothing new in dentistry. For years, lectures have focused on the next great digital invention and what it will mean to the dental practice and the dentist's bottom line.
Editor's Note: This is Part I of a two–part series discussing the results of the most recent practice survey, conducted by Dental Economics® and the Levin Group.
Earn 4 CE credits: This course was written for dentists, dental hygienists and assistants.
With a primarily implant–based practice, our practice implemented cone beam CT (CBCT) technology in early 2005.
Departments
Editor's Note
I don't usually talk about products here, but for the past few months, my hygienist and I have been evaluating the Midwest Caries ID�?� detection handpiece ...
Viewpoint
In 1982, a watershed event occurred: Brånemark Implants were introduced into the United States and Canada. We were presented with a completely research–based "Holy Grail."
Columns
Dental Marketing That Works
Two different practitioners called us recently. Let's just describe them as smart and experienced dentists, in different parts of the country, and on different ends of the promotional spectrum.
The Endo File
Clinicians who perform endodontics tend to be goal–oriented, and in a root canal, this goal is often to get to the apex.
Focus on Human Resources
Success in business is driven by people, and the degree of success achieved will ultimately depend on the people doing the driving.
From the Laboratory
Today, I would like to share some information about a newer crown that you may not have heard about called IPS e.max CAD from Ivoclar Vivadent.
Practice Wisdom
I bought a dental practice five years ago from a retiring doctor, and I am happy being my own boss.
The Science of Creating Wealth
More than 30 years of working with my colleagues tells me that creating wealth is simple, but not easy!
The Power Practice
By this time, loyal readers of "The Power Practice" know that digital radiography has dramatically changed my life and practice.
Appliance Economics
According to the World Health Organization, in 2003 more than 75% of the U.S. population over the age of 35 had some form of gum disease.
Murphy's Law
I have been fortunate to spend time with a very wide variety of dental educators.
Preventing Pain in Dentistry
What's the first thing that comes to most dentists' minds when updating or making changes to their offices? Cost.
Quality Care for Oral Cancer
Although I have read and spoken these statistics numerous times, these negative statistics still shock me.
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